Band-fastener.



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APPLICATION FILED IULYZT 1916. 1,218,337. Y A Patented Ma1-6,1917.

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BAND-FASTENER.

specification of Letters Patent.

application led July 27, 1916. Serial N0.v111,690. v

The invention consists of a novel and improved construction of fastening plate over which one end of a securing band is adapted tovbe folded and provided with a plurality of spaced clamping lugs to secure the opposite end of said band and also with retaining means to prevent movement of the plate upon the object to which the band is applied.

Other and 'further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth -and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims.

In t e drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective of the fastene applied Fig. 2 1s a detail 'elevation showingv the bending of the first clamping lugs;

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the bending of the nal clamping lugs;

Fig. 4 is a top plan of the completed fastener shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a bottom vie7 of the plate and band folded thereon;

Fig. 6 is a perspective of the complete v fastener; and

Fig. 7 a plan of the-blank from which it is formed.

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts in the several views of the drawing. The fastener may be formed of any desired material, preferably of bendable sheet metal, and the shape or configuration vthere- 4of may he varied as found convenient for,

practical or artistic purposes. The fastener comprises essentially a plate 10 having at opposite sides and at each end spaced clamp- 1 Vlugs 11 and 12 bent atan angle to the plate. This bending is eected by a die or 'proper tool and is preferably ata right angle to the body of plate so asto secure an accurate and close fitting of the lugs as they ing are folded inward toward the plate in securtion.

of the plate into clamping position it is didicult to secure a true straight bend which will fit snugly at the sides and upon the top of the band. To avoid such objection the plate is formed with the lugs. mechanically bent at thelproper angle thereto.

This plate is entirely separate and independent from the band 14 which it secures in position and to prevent mo-vement of the plate upon the object to which the fastener is applied retaining prongs or projections 13 are lformed upon the plate to enter or engage thev surface ofthe object. These prongs may be disposed in various positions, for instance, at the sides of the late intermediate the lugs 11 and 12 and ent downward at a right angle to the under face of the plate 10.

In the application of the fastener the.

. the plate under tension and the first lugs 11 bent downward thereon. The band is then bent at -16 over the outer face of these lugs and the final lugs 12 at the opposite end of the plate bent downward thereon. See Figs. 2 and 3. A final bend 17mm-y then be given the end of the band to cover the lugs 12 and 'provide a Vsmooth finished surface for the fastener with the' lugs completely protected against accidental disengagement. This construction also permits the removal of the fastener from the band if desired and its subsequent repeated use.

The use of the fastener separate or independent of the band provides a great economy in the use of the band material which can be furnished in continuous lengths or reels and cut to the exact lengths necessary to form the complete finished band desired excess thereof at the free end. When the clamping lugs are formed-at-one end of the Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

y without any waste of material or projecting band strip various differentv sizes thereof must be purchased for different conditions of work and this loss and inconvenience is eectually prevented by the present inven- Furthermore the separate fastener permits the same to he of heavier material thereof is takenY up;v it. assistsin locking byy engagement With .the primary lugs. The secondary lugs effectua-lly fasten the band and the end thereof isv folded over these lugs toform a finished device. The plate when held by the retaining prongs leaves both hands of the operator free to draw the bandv tight and fold down the clamping lugs. These prongsv may however be omitted if found desirablel or convenient. 'hile the invention is herein shown as applied to a pipe packing clamp,y still it is applicable to s any form of band package or bale tie or similar securing means.

What I claim is:-

1. As. an article of manufacture, a band fastener comprising a separate plate over an I entire face of which one end of a band may be folded and provided with a retaining projection extending at an angle from one side of said fastener, and clamping lugs extending at another angle in an opposite direction 30 from said plate and disposed upon opposite weight of materialgpermits an easy stretch-- sides offsaid fastener,y said lugs being adapted to be folded toward the plate to retain the other end of a band' thereon.

2. As an articleA of manufactura a band fastener comprising a. separate plate over which one end ofl a band' may be folded and provided with retaining prongs extending at a right angle from each side of said plate, and clamping lugs extending at a right angle in an opposite direction from the side edges of said plate and disposed upon opposite sides of said prongs', said lugs being adapted to be folded toward the plate to retain the other end of a band thereon.

3. As an article of manufacture, a band fastener comprising a separate plate over which one end of a band may be folded and provided With retaining prongs extending from the opposite side edges of said plate, and clamping lugs extending from the opposite edges of said plate at the opposite sides of each prong, said prongs and lugs being adapted to be bent in opposite directions and at an angle to said plate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE H. TAYLOR. lVitnesses E. L. WORD, C. C. CUNNINGHAM. 

